<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss" xmlns:geo="http://www.w3.org/2003/01/geo/wgs84_pos#" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>Vintage Rockport</title>
	<atom:link href="http://vintagerockport.com/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://vintagerockport.com</link>
	<description>Rockport, Mass., as seen in vintage postcards</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 14:48:12 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<language>en</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
	<generator>http://wordpress.com/</generator>
<cloud domain='vintagerockport.com' port='80' path='/?rsscloud=notify' registerProcedure='' protocol='http-post' />
<image>
		<url>http://s2.wp.com/i/buttonw-com.png</url>
		<title>Vintage Rockport</title>
		<link>http://vintagerockport.com</link>
	</image>
	<atom:link rel="search" type="application/opensearchdescription+xml" href="http://vintagerockport.com/osd.xml" title="Vintage Rockport" />
	<atom:link rel='hub' href='http://vintagerockport.com/?pushpress=hub'/>
		<item>
		<title>Granite Pier, Rockport, Mass., circa 1907</title>
		<link>http://vintagerockport.com/2013/05/19/granite-pier-rockport-mass-circa-1907/</link>
		<comments>http://vintagerockport.com/2013/05/19/granite-pier-rockport-mass-circa-1907/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 14:45:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Ambrogi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Granite Pier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rockport Granite Company]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://vintagerockport.com/?p=2755</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This is the first early-1900s postcard I&#8217;ve seen that refers to the Rockport Granite Company pier by the name Granite Pier. Although that is what we call it today, I had not previously found any references from that era that &#8230; <a href="http://vintagerockport.com/2013/05/19/granite-pier-rockport-mass-circa-1907/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vintagerockport.com&#038;blog=19167039&#038;post=2755&#038;subd=vintagerockport&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://vintagerockport.com/2013/05/19/granite-pier-rockport-mass-circa-1907/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://2.gravatar.com/avatar/b91c70b6b34bdeb4925c7e565d9575e9?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">ambrogi</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://vintagerockport.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/granite-pier_post.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Granite-Pier_post</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>For Motif No. 1 Day, A Gallery of Motif No. 1 Views</title>
		<link>http://vintagerockport.com/2013/05/17/for-motif-no-1-day-a-gallery-of-motif-no-1-views/</link>
		<comments>http://vintagerockport.com/2013/05/17/for-motif-no-1-day-a-gallery-of-motif-no-1-views/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 00:45:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Ambrogi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Motif No. 1]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://vintagerockport.com/?p=2764</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In recognition of Motif No. 1 Day tomorrow in Rockport, here is a gallery of views of our famous landmark.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vintagerockport.com&#038;blog=19167039&#038;post=2764&#038;subd=vintagerockport&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://vintagerockport.com/2013/05/17/for-motif-no-1-day-a-gallery-of-motif-no-1-views/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://2.gravatar.com/avatar/b91c70b6b34bdeb4925c7e565d9575e9?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">ambrogi</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://vintagerockport.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/img334_post.jpg?w=150" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">img334_post</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://vintagerockport.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/img185_post.jpg?w=150" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">img185_post</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://vintagerockport.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/rockport-harbor-c-1905.jpg?w=150" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Found on the Web: Rockport Harbor, 1905</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://vintagerockport.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/the-wharf-rockport_post.jpg?w=150" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">The Wharf, Rockport, Mass., circa 1908</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://vintagerockport.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/img138_post.jpg?w=150" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">img138_post</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://vintagerockport.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/motif1.jpg?w=150" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">motif1</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://vintagerockport.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/img197_post.jpg?w=150" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">img197_post</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://vintagerockport.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/float-depicting-rockport_po.jpg?w=150" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Float-Depicting-Rockport_po</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://vintagerockport.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/img273_post.jpg?w=150" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">img273_post</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://vintagerockport.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/the-old-stone-wharves_post.jpg?w=150" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">The-Old-Stone-Wharves_post</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://vintagerockport.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/off-for-the-battleship_post.jpg?w=150" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Motif No. 1, Off for the Battleship, Rockport, Mass., circa 1934</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://vintagerockport.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/float-first-prize-winner_po.jpg?w=150" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Float-First-Prize-Winner_po</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://vintagerockport.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/img143_post.jpg?w=150" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">img143_post</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://vintagerockport.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/mending-the-nets_post.jpg?w=150" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Mending-the-Nets_post</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://vintagerockport.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/img151_post.jpg?w=150" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">img151_post</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://vintagerockport.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/motif-no-1-art-class_post.jpg?w=150" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Motif-No-1-Art-Class_post</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://vintagerockport.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/img139_post.jpg?w=150" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">img139_post</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://vintagerockport.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/three-fishermen-of-cape-ann.jpg?w=150" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Three-Fishermen-of-Cape-Ann</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Straitsmouth Point, Rockport, Mass., circa 1925</title>
		<link>http://vintagerockport.com/2013/05/05/straitsmouth-point-rockport-mass-circa-1925/</link>
		<comments>http://vintagerockport.com/2013/05/05/straitsmouth-point-rockport-mass-circa-1925/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 May 2013 16:25:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Ambrogi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rockport Photo Bureau]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Straitsmouth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Straitsmouth Light]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://vintagerockport.com/?p=2747</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This postcard, with its beautiful view of Straitsmouth Island and lighthouse, is unique. I have over 100 postcards that were published by the Rockport Photo Bureau. Yet this is the first I&#8217;ve seen that used colorization. The colors are subtle &#8230; <a href="http://vintagerockport.com/2013/05/05/straitsmouth-point-rockport-mass-circa-1925/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vintagerockport.com&#038;blog=19167039&#038;post=2747&#038;subd=vintagerockport&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://vintagerockport.com/2013/05/05/straitsmouth-point-rockport-mass-circa-1925/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://2.gravatar.com/avatar/b91c70b6b34bdeb4925c7e565d9575e9?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">ambrogi</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://vintagerockport.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/straitsmouth-point_post.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Straitsmouth-Point_post</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>For Earth Day: Toad Hall Bookstore, 1973</title>
		<link>http://vintagerockport.com/2013/04/22/for-earth-day-toad-hall-bookstore-1973/</link>
		<comments>http://vintagerockport.com/2013/04/22/for-earth-day-toad-hall-bookstore-1973/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 11:50:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Ambrogi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://vintagerockport.com/?p=2736</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In honor of Earth Day today, we present this February 1973 photograph of Toad Hall Bookstore in Rockport, another photo from the series of Rockport photographs taken for the U.S. government by Deborah Parks. Ever since its founding in 1972, Toad &#8230; <a href="http://vintagerockport.com/2013/04/22/for-earth-day-toad-hall-bookstore-1973/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vintagerockport.com&#038;blog=19167039&#038;post=2736&#038;subd=vintagerockport&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://vintagerockport.com/2013/04/22/for-earth-day-toad-hall-bookstore-1973/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://2.gravatar.com/avatar/b91c70b6b34bdeb4925c7e565d9575e9?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">ambrogi</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://vintagerockport.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/toad-hall-bookstore-1973.gif" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Toad Hall Bookstore 1973</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Dock Square, Rockport, Mass., circa 1908</title>
		<link>http://vintagerockport.com/2013/04/21/dock-square-rockport-mass-circa-1908/</link>
		<comments>http://vintagerockport.com/2013/04/21/dock-square-rockport-mass-circa-1908/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Apr 2013 20:04:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Ambrogi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://vintagerockport.com/?p=2725</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This postcard was postmarked in Rockport on July 31, 1909. The sender writes that the day before had been &#8220;96 degrees in the shade.&#8221; I cannot make out the gold letters on the black sign above the store behind the &#8230; <a href="http://vintagerockport.com/2013/04/21/dock-square-rockport-mass-circa-1908/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vintagerockport.com&#038;blog=19167039&#038;post=2725&#038;subd=vintagerockport&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://vintagerockport.com/2013/04/21/dock-square-rockport-mass-circa-1908/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://2.gravatar.com/avatar/b91c70b6b34bdeb4925c7e565d9575e9?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">ambrogi</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://vintagerockport.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/dock-square_post.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Dock-Square_post</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Inside Poole&#8217;s Rexall Drugstore, 1973</title>
		<link>http://vintagerockport.com/2013/04/20/inside-pooles-rexall-drugstore-1973/</link>
		<comments>http://vintagerockport.com/2013/04/20/inside-pooles-rexall-drugstore-1973/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Apr 2013 12:46:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Ambrogi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://vintagerockport.com/?p=2714</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Can you identify the people in these photographs? They are from a series of Rockport photographs taken for the U.S. government by Deborah Parks, a Rockport resident at the time of her death in 2010 and the wife of Winfield &#8230; <a href="http://vintagerockport.com/2013/04/20/inside-pooles-rexall-drugstore-1973/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vintagerockport.com&#038;blog=19167039&#038;post=2714&#038;subd=vintagerockport&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://vintagerockport.com/2013/04/20/inside-pooles-rexall-drugstore-1973/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://2.gravatar.com/avatar/b91c70b6b34bdeb4925c7e565d9575e9?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">ambrogi</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://vintagerockport.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/inside-pooles.gif" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Inside Pooles</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://vintagerockport.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/inside-pooles-2.gif" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Inside Pooles 2</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://vintagerockport.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/inside-pooles-3.gif" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Inside Pooles 3</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://vintagerockport.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/inside-pooles-4.gif" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Inside Pooles 4</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Rockport Granite Co. Steamer Wilhelmina Loading Stone, c. 1912</title>
		<link>http://vintagerockport.com/2013/04/14/rockport-granite-co-steamer-wilhelmina-loading-stone-c-1912/</link>
		<comments>http://vintagerockport.com/2013/04/14/rockport-granite-co-steamer-wilhelmina-loading-stone-c-1912/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Apr 2013 14:03:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Ambrogi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Granite Pier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rockport Granite Company]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://vintagerockport.com/?p=2702</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The caption says that this is the Steamer Wilhelmina and that it is taking on granite bound for Key West, Florida. The steamer is tied up along what today is known as Granite Pier. The small building in the center &#8230; <a href="http://vintagerockport.com/2013/04/14/rockport-granite-co-steamer-wilhelmina-loading-stone-c-1912/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vintagerockport.com&#038;blog=19167039&#038;post=2702&#038;subd=vintagerockport&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://vintagerockport.com/2013/04/14/rockport-granite-co-steamer-wilhelmina-loading-stone-c-1912/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://2.gravatar.com/avatar/b91c70b6b34bdeb4925c7e565d9575e9?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">ambrogi</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://vintagerockport.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/steamer-wilhelmina_post.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Steamer-Wilhelmina_post</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Rockport Country Club, Rockport, Mass., circa 1928</title>
		<link>http://vintagerockport.com/2013/04/13/rockport-country-club-rockport-mass-circa-1928/</link>
		<comments>http://vintagerockport.com/2013/04/13/rockport-country-club-rockport-mass-circa-1928/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Apr 2013 14:30:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Ambrogi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://vintagerockport.com/?p=2696</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Someone has just teed off in this 1920s-era view of a foursome at the Rockport Country Club. Note the old-style golf slacks that end just below the knee. Also note the young man sitting by the tee. Could he be &#8230; <a href="http://vintagerockport.com/2013/04/13/rockport-country-club-rockport-mass-circa-1928/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vintagerockport.com&#038;blog=19167039&#038;post=2696&#038;subd=vintagerockport&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://vintagerockport.com/2013/04/13/rockport-country-club-rockport-mass-circa-1928/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://2.gravatar.com/avatar/b91c70b6b34bdeb4925c7e565d9575e9?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">ambrogi</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://vintagerockport.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/on-the-golf-links_post.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">On-the-Golf-Links_post</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Portion of Long Beach, Rockport, Mass., circa 1925</title>
		<link>http://vintagerockport.com/2013/03/29/portion-of-long-beach-rockport-mass-circa-1925/</link>
		<comments>http://vintagerockport.com/2013/03/29/portion-of-long-beach-rockport-mass-circa-1925/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Mar 2013 14:44:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Ambrogi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Long Beach]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://vintagerockport.com/?p=2675</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Compare this postcard of Long Beach from around 1925 with this one from circa 1936. The coloring and perspective are similar, and both are from the same publisher, E.C. McIntire of Gloucester. In the postcard above, note that there was &#8230; <a href="http://vintagerockport.com/2013/03/29/portion-of-long-beach-rockport-mass-circa-1925/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vintagerockport.com&#038;blog=19167039&#038;post=2675&#038;subd=vintagerockport&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://vintagerockport.com/2013/03/29/portion-of-long-beach-rockport-mass-circa-1925/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://2.gravatar.com/avatar/b91c70b6b34bdeb4925c7e565d9575e9?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">ambrogi</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://vintagerockport.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/portion-of-long-beach-rockp.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Portion-of-Long-Beach-Rockp</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Gloucester, Mass &#8211; Clam Diggers, circa 1907</title>
		<link>http://vintagerockport.com/2013/03/24/gloucester-mass-clam-diggers-circa-1907/</link>
		<comments>http://vintagerockport.com/2013/03/24/gloucester-mass-clam-diggers-circa-1907/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Mar 2013 14:17:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Ambrogi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gloucester]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://vintagerockport.com/?p=2683</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Composition and color combine in this postcard to make a simple scene visually striking. The postcard has no date, but its publisher, The Hugh C. Leighton Co. of Portland, Maine, was in business only from 1906-1909. So it is fair &#8230; <a href="http://vintagerockport.com/2013/03/24/gloucester-mass-clam-diggers-circa-1907/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vintagerockport.com&#038;blog=19167039&#038;post=2683&#038;subd=vintagerockport&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://vintagerockport.com/2013/03/24/gloucester-mass-clam-diggers-circa-1907/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://2.gravatar.com/avatar/b91c70b6b34bdeb4925c7e565d9575e9?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">ambrogi</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://vintagerockport.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/gloucester-clam-diggers_pos.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Gloucester-Clam-Diggers_pos</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>The Wharf, Rockport, Mass., circa 1908</title>
		<link>http://vintagerockport.com/2013/03/17/the-wharf-rockport-mass-circa-1908/</link>
		<comments>http://vintagerockport.com/2013/03/17/the-wharf-rockport-mass-circa-1908/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Mar 2013 13:53:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Ambrogi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Motif No. 1]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rockport Harbor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Rotograph Co.]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://vintagerockport.com/?p=2666</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This postcard shows Rockport harbor, with its two fishing shacks &#8212; the closest the famous Motif No. 1 &#8212; and the breakwater in the background. The publisher of this postcard, The Rotograph Co. of New York City, was in business &#8230; <a href="http://vintagerockport.com/2013/03/17/the-wharf-rockport-mass-circa-1908/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vintagerockport.com&#038;blog=19167039&#038;post=2666&#038;subd=vintagerockport&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://vintagerockport.com/2013/03/17/the-wharf-rockport-mass-circa-1908/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://2.gravatar.com/avatar/b91c70b6b34bdeb4925c7e565d9575e9?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">ambrogi</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://vintagerockport.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/the-wharf-rockport_post.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">The-Wharf-Rockport_post</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Old Mill Ruins, Rockport, Mass., circa 1904</title>
		<link>http://vintagerockport.com/2013/03/10/old-mill-ruins-rockport-mass-circa-1904/</link>
		<comments>http://vintagerockport.com/2013/03/10/old-mill-ruins-rockport-mass-circa-1904/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Mar 2013 15:07:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Ambrogi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://vintagerockport.com/?p=2651</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Recently, I posted two views of the old Annisquam Cotton Mill, showing it before and after the 1882 fire that destroyed it. This real-photo postcard is another view of the mill&#8217;s ruins. The perspective appears to be looking west from &#8230; <a href="http://vintagerockport.com/2013/03/10/old-mill-ruins-rockport-mass-circa-1904/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vintagerockport.com&#038;blog=19167039&#038;post=2651&#038;subd=vintagerockport&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://vintagerockport.com/2013/03/10/old-mill-ruins-rockport-mass-circa-1904/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://2.gravatar.com/avatar/b91c70b6b34bdeb4925c7e565d9575e9?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">ambrogi</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://vintagerockport.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/old-mill-ruins_post.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Old-Mill-Ruins_post</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Wharf of Pigeon Hill Granite Co. in  Winter, c. 1905</title>
		<link>http://vintagerockport.com/2013/03/09/wharf-of-pigeon-hill-granite-co-in-winter-c-1905/</link>
		<comments>http://vintagerockport.com/2013/03/09/wharf-of-pigeon-hill-granite-co-in-winter-c-1905/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Mar 2013 01:14:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Ambrogi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Merry Seppala]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pigeon Cove]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pigeon Hill Granite Co.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Winter]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://vintagerockport.com/?p=2638</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This winter view of the Pigeon Hill Granite Company&#8217;s wharf in Pigeon Cove was probably photographed by Charles Cleaves from his home at the top of Pasture Road. This is a real-photo postcard from the collection of Pigeon Cove resident &#8230; <a href="http://vintagerockport.com/2013/03/09/wharf-of-pigeon-hill-granite-co-in-winter-c-1905/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vintagerockport.com&#038;blog=19167039&#038;post=2638&#038;subd=vintagerockport&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://vintagerockport.com/2013/03/09/wharf-of-pigeon-hill-granite-co-in-winter-c-1905/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://2.gravatar.com/avatar/b91c70b6b34bdeb4925c7e565d9575e9?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">ambrogi</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://vintagerockport.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/winter-wharf_post.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Winter-Wharf_post</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Shoveling Snow on Pasture Road, Pigeon Cove, Mass., c. 1905</title>
		<link>http://vintagerockport.com/2013/02/24/shoveling-snow-on-pasture-road-pigeon-cove-mass-c-1905/</link>
		<comments>http://vintagerockport.com/2013/02/24/shoveling-snow-on-pasture-road-pigeon-cove-mass-c-1905/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Feb 2013 17:36:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Ambrogi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Merry Seppala]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rockport Photo Bureau]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Winter]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://vintagerockport.com/?p=2632</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This real-photo postcard has not survived in good shape; it is spotted and some of the detail is lost. It is another of the postcards graciously loaned to me by Merry Seppala of Pigeon Cove, who is a relative of &#8230; <a href="http://vintagerockport.com/2013/02/24/shoveling-snow-on-pasture-road-pigeon-cove-mass-c-1905/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vintagerockport.com&#038;blog=19167039&#038;post=2632&#038;subd=vintagerockport&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://vintagerockport.com/2013/02/24/shoveling-snow-on-pasture-road-pigeon-cove-mass-c-1905/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://2.gravatar.com/avatar/b91c70b6b34bdeb4925c7e565d9575e9?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">ambrogi</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://vintagerockport.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/shoveling-by-cleaves-house_.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Shoveling-by-Cleaves-House_</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Found on the Web: Visitors to Straitsmouth Light, 1913</title>
		<link>http://vintagerockport.com/2013/02/23/found-on-the-web-visitors-to-straitsmouth-light-1913/</link>
		<comments>http://vintagerockport.com/2013/02/23/found-on-the-web-visitors-to-straitsmouth-light-1913/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Feb 2013 14:55:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Ambrogi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Straitsmouth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Straitsmouth Light]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://vintagerockport.com/?p=2471</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[From the archives of Harvard University comes this 1914 view of Straitsmouth Light on Straitsmouth Island off the coast off Rockport. The women in the picture are from the Radcliffe College class of 1914. No explanation is provided as to &#8230; <a href="http://vintagerockport.com/2013/02/23/found-on-the-web-visitors-to-straitsmouth-light-1913/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vintagerockport.com&#038;blog=19167039&#038;post=2471&#038;subd=vintagerockport&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://vintagerockport.com/2013/02/23/found-on-the-web-visitors-to-straitsmouth-light-1913/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://2.gravatar.com/avatar/b91c70b6b34bdeb4925c7e565d9575e9?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">ambrogi</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://vintagerockport.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/straitsmouth-1914_edit.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Straitsmouth 1914_edit</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Straitsmouth Inn, Rockport, Mass., circa 1912</title>
		<link>http://vintagerockport.com/2013/02/19/straitsmouth-inn-rockport-mass-circa-1912/</link>
		<comments>http://vintagerockport.com/2013/02/19/straitsmouth-inn-rockport-mass-circa-1912/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2013 13:47:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Ambrogi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hotels]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Straitsmouth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Straitsmouth Inn]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://vintagerockport.com/?p=2617</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Here is a real-photo postcard view of the Straitsmouth Inn, which stood on the tip of Gap head from 1906 until it burned to the ground on New Year&#8217;s Eve in 1958. For another view of the inn, see this &#8230; <a href="http://vintagerockport.com/2013/02/19/straitsmouth-inn-rockport-mass-circa-1912/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vintagerockport.com&#038;blog=19167039&#038;post=2617&#038;subd=vintagerockport&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://vintagerockport.com/2013/02/19/straitsmouth-inn-rockport-mass-circa-1912/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://2.gravatar.com/avatar/b91c70b6b34bdeb4925c7e565d9575e9?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">ambrogi</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://vintagerockport.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/straitsmouth-inn-rppc_post.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Straitsmouth-Inn-RPPC_post</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Carnegie Public Library, Rockport, Mass., c. 1914</title>
		<link>http://vintagerockport.com/2013/02/18/carnegie-public-library-rockport-mass-c-1914/</link>
		<comments>http://vintagerockport.com/2013/02/18/carnegie-public-library-rockport-mass-c-1914/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2013 15:14:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Ambrogi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://vintagerockport.com/?p=2608</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On Nov. 11, 1903, the town of Rockport accepted a $10,000 grant from philanthropist Andrew Carnegie to build a public library. The Carnegie Library opened to the public on Feb. 3, 1906, standing at a prime location just across from &#8230; <a href="http://vintagerockport.com/2013/02/18/carnegie-public-library-rockport-mass-c-1914/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vintagerockport.com&#038;blog=19167039&#038;post=2608&#038;subd=vintagerockport&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://vintagerockport.com/2013/02/18/carnegie-public-library-rockport-mass-c-1914/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://2.gravatar.com/avatar/b91c70b6b34bdeb4925c7e565d9575e9?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">ambrogi</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://vintagerockport.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/public-library_post.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Public-Library_post</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Winter View from Pigeon Cove over Sandy Bay, c. 1925</title>
		<link>http://vintagerockport.com/2013/02/17/winter-view-from-pigeon-cove-over-sandy-bay-c-1925/</link>
		<comments>http://vintagerockport.com/2013/02/17/winter-view-from-pigeon-cove-over-sandy-bay-c-1925/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Feb 2013 15:43:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Ambrogi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Merry Seppala]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pigeon Cove]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Winter]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://vintagerockport.com/?p=2585</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This is another real-photo postcard provided to me by Pigeon Cove resident Merry Seppala. The photograph is believed to be from Charles Cleaves. It looks out over Sandy Bay from the top of Pasture Road, where Cleaves lived. There is &#8230; <a href="http://vintagerockport.com/2013/02/17/winter-view-from-pigeon-cove-over-sandy-bay-c-1925/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vintagerockport.com&#038;blog=19167039&#038;post=2585&#038;subd=vintagerockport&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://vintagerockport.com/2013/02/17/winter-view-from-pigeon-cove-over-sandy-bay-c-1925/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://2.gravatar.com/avatar/b91c70b6b34bdeb4925c7e565d9575e9?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">ambrogi</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://vintagerockport.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/winter-view_post.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Winter-View_post</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Kids Playing in Snow on Granite Street, c. 1928</title>
		<link>http://vintagerockport.com/2013/02/10/kids-playing-in-snow-on-granite-street-c-1928/</link>
		<comments>http://vintagerockport.com/2013/02/10/kids-playing-in-snow-on-granite-street-c-1928/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Feb 2013 20:35:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Ambrogi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Merry Seppala]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pigeon Cove]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Winter]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://vintagerockport.com/?p=2577</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This is a real-photo postcard, most likely taken by Charles Cleaves. It is another of several images proved to me from the collection of Pigeon Cove resident Merry Seppala. The location is Granite Street in Pigeon Cove and the date &#8230; <a href="http://vintagerockport.com/2013/02/10/kids-playing-in-snow-on-granite-street-c-1928/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vintagerockport.com&#038;blog=19167039&#038;post=2577&#038;subd=vintagerockport&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://vintagerockport.com/2013/02/10/kids-playing-in-snow-on-granite-street-c-1928/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://2.gravatar.com/avatar/b91c70b6b34bdeb4925c7e565d9575e9?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">ambrogi</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://vintagerockport.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/granite-street-winter_post.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Granite-Street-Winter_post</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Images of Rockport after the Blizzard of &#8217;78</title>
		<link>http://vintagerockport.com/2013/02/08/images-of-rockport-after-the-blizzard-of-78/</link>
		<comments>http://vintagerockport.com/2013/02/08/images-of-rockport-after-the-blizzard-of-78/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2013 16:20:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Ambrogi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://vintagerockport.com/?p=2553</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Rockport was hit hard by the Blizzard of &#8217;78, destroying homes, boats and our famous Motif No. 1. (Click any image for larger view.)<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vintagerockport.com&#038;blog=19167039&#038;post=2553&#038;subd=vintagerockport&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://vintagerockport.com/2013/02/08/images-of-rockport-after-the-blizzard-of-78/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://2.gravatar.com/avatar/b91c70b6b34bdeb4925c7e565d9575e9?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">ambrogi</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://vintagerockport.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/rockportmotif.jpg?w=150" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">rockportmotif</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://vintagerockport.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/rockporthalf.jpg?w=150" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">rockporthalf</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://vintagerockport.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/bearskinnneck.jpg?w=150" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">bearskinnneck</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://vintagerockport.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/bearskinnneck-2.jpg?w=150" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">bearskinnneck-2</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://vintagerockport.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/bearskinnneck-3.jpg?w=150" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">bearskinnneck-3</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://vintagerockport.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/pigeoncove.jpg?w=150" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">pigeoncove</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://vintagerockport.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/motif1.jpg?w=150" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">motif1</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://vintagerockport.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/pigeoncove-1.jpg?w=150" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">pigeoncove-1</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://vintagerockport.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/pigeoncove-2.jpg?w=150" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">pigeoncove-2</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://vintagerockport.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/pigeoncove-4.jpg?w=150" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">pigeoncove-4</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://vintagerockport.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/pigeoncove-3.jpg?w=150" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">pigeoncove-3</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://vintagerockport.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/rockportharbor-1.jpg?w=150" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">rockportharbor-1</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://vintagerockport.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/rockport-1.jpg?w=150" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">rockport-1</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://vintagerockport.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/rockportharbor-2.jpg?w=150" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">rockportharbor-2</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://vintagerockport.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/rockportharbor-3.jpg?w=150" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">rockportharbor-3</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://vintagerockport.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/rockportharbor-4.jpg?w=150" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">rockportharbor-4</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://vintagerockport.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/spiltbow.jpg?w=150" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">spiltbow</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://vintagerockport.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/splithouse.jpg?w=150" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">splithouse</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
	</channel>
</rss>
